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Flimflam and snake oil

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Sam Stea

Cogan Station

It seems our former president is bent on turning the presidency itself into a personal casino, creating a public traded media company (NASDAQ DJT) that tracks the odds of him winning the election. On top of that, there is TRUMPCOIN, a new cryptocurrency. Add this to Trump Bibles, sneakers, watches and all the other overly priced MAGA paraphernalia, and you got yourself, potentially, one of the greatest free market bonanzas in recorded history, akin to the Triumph of Julius Caesar.

With all that he stands to gain, let us consider what we stand to lose: The capacity to discern truth from fiction, honor from dishonor, nobility from fraud, simple opportunism from genuine service.

Take one step back and see the man for what he truly is, a flimflam artist, a snake oil salesman, a most worthy representative of mankind's second oldest profession.

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